GHOST - Five Hargreeves X Umbrella Academy

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Violet sat on the bottom step with her shoulder leant against the metal railing, fiddling with the ring in her lap and keeping her eyes down. She was sure to have her knees drawn up to sheild it from everyone's view, but she didn't really need to as the television they surrounded practically held everyone's attention.

"Authorities are asking for help identifying the several persons of interest at Dealey Plaza at the time of the assassination," the newsreader spoke, the only sound in the silent room. "The FBI believes they may have been acting in consort with the alleged shooter Lee Harvey Oswald."

A picture of Vanya flashed on screen.

"Vanya Hargreeves, wanted in connection with the deaths of several FBI agents inside the Federal building at the Plaza; a cuban exhale known only as Diego-"

He scoffed. "-cuban?"

"-who recently escaped from the Holbrook Sanitarium," the image switched to one of Luther next. "A bare-knuckle boxer with suspected mafia ties who fights under the alias 'King Kong'."

Violet smiled down at her lap at that, unable to help herself.

The image turned to Allison. "Allison Chestnut, a radical responsible for instigating and organising the recent riots at Stadtlees lunch counter."

Allison had a few colourful words to say at that description.

"And finally Klaus," a mural artwork of the man from his many posters was shown. "The controversial cult leader and known tax evader."

"The FBI is asking the public to be on the lookout for this unidentified boy," the image switched to a grainy, half blurry picture of Five looking out from behind the fence. "Who they believe is being held hostage by the suspected terrorist network."

Then, to all of their surprise and Violet's dread, an equally grainy image of her was displayed - depicting her glancing over her shoudler with hair falling in her face, half shielding one of her eyes. Her whole body tensed at seeing the image.

"The FBI are also still on the hunt for the young girl only known as Violet; the missing victim of a brutal assault linked with the murder of Maxwell Nelson and the very recent arrest of suspect James Fellgrave," she could feel a few pairs of sympathetic eyes on her and held the ring tightly in a closed fist, her heart hammering as she stared at the images of the men who had attacked her, icy eyes boring back into hers. "The link between the two cases is unclear but the FBI urge the public to be on the lookout for the girl who is now also considered a hostage to the terrorist group along with the boy."

There was a heavy beat of silence as the newsreader switched over to something else to end the story, and Violet blinked heavily to try and disperse the image of those cold, ruthless eyes burned into her memory.

It didn't work. She exhaled slowly and looked down, noticing her hands beginning to tremble. She peered up shyly but only Five had his eyes on her from across the room.

It pained her to but she pulled her gaze back downwards.

She couldn't get the feeling of the mens frigid eyes on her, even though she knew the only ones on her now were Five's.

Her leg began bouncing up and down and she felt her heart beat was erratical inside her chest, sliding one hand to rest her palm over the skin. It pounded underneath her hand.

Voices conversing casually around her were lost on her ears. All she could hear was a high pitched ringing.

The images were gone, she was trying to keep her mind blank and empty, and yet her body was reacting like she was in the middle of the very attack that she had been trying to forget all the while she sat still on the steps.